But those tiny ripples were completely wiped out in the turbulent Mazu River in just a moment, and no trace of them could be seen.

"Boss, I don't know either. We have tried it, and among those eight guys, only two are in the middle stage of Qi training at most, and the others are all in the early stage of Qi training."

"And we have absolutely no experience at all. We were standing in the crowd today, and they didn't even notice us."

"Boss, how about we just rush into the palace tonight, and follow the old rules to keep the women and kill the men?"

A shifty-looking monk nearby suggested.

Bang! But before he could even put on a lewd smile, he was kicked to the ground by his boss.

"Are you a fool? They are all disciples of the sect. If you could kill them cleanly and silence them, it would be fine. But now that one of them has escaped, you are still attacking them. Do you want to die?"

The leading cultivator had a ferocious expression on his face. He felt helpless about the stupidity of his younger brothers, and at the same time, he was angry at the sect's usual oppression of individual cultivators.

"Then what should we do?"

The younger brother spoke weakly.

"What should I do? Of course I have to look for him! Look for him along the river bank! I don't believe he won't come out to breathe!"

While these wandering cultivators were chasing along the river bank, Jiang Li and Hei Jiang had already been swept away by the fast-flowing water and were heading downstream.

Jiang Li chose to go alone, naturally not because of an outburst of sense of responsibility, nor did he have much thought of being a hero. His friendship with Yu Banxia and others had not reached that level yet.

He chose to do so, on the one hand, because of the self-confidence of a time traveler, he believed that destiny was in his hands, and with the chance of such a precious treasure coming into the world, it would be hard for him to resist getting involved.

On the other hand, it also stems from his self-confidence →_→. Although he is only in the middle stage of Qi training, he has passed the test of the two unlucky guys, the Jinghe Twins.

With the blessing of the enhanced state, he can almost defeat most of the Qi-cultivating monks.

The stronger foundation-building monks were busy looking for corpse monsters, so it was impossible for them to appear outside the river basin. In addition, Jiang Li was going to go along the river, so he could directly avoid most of the monks, so his safety was actually guaranteed. It might even be safer than staying in the city.

So, Jiang Li volunteered to take on this task.

But... plans can't keep up with changes.

Bang! A dull crash sound came from underwater, and Jiang Li, whose skin was dyed black, crashed hard into a reef underwater.

A faint fishy-sweet taste rose in his throat. Jiang Li, who practiced the Zhuangshan Sutra every day, was slightly injured in the attack just now.

After the collision, Jiang Li was upside down, carried by the current like a spinning top, spinning madly and rushing downstream.

This feeling is really unbearable!

[Spinning at high speed, causing dizziness to oneself. ]

[Dizziness: Direction deflection 60 degrees, thinking speed decreased by 40%, mental strength temporarily decreased by 0.3, lasting for 20 minutes] (-+)

Although Jiang Li can swim, he can only swim to the extent of not drowning. There is no comparison between him and swimming fish.

The underwater undercurrent was so fierce that he couldn't maintain his balance at all.

Forget swimming, the whole person was carried by the river water, tumbling three times to the left, three times to the right, three times up and three times down, and couldn't stop at all.

It only took a few minutes for Jiang Li to fall into a [dizzy] state because of spinning too fast and too much. If he hadn't been quick-witted and able to eliminate the dizziness in time, if the dizziness effect had continued to accumulate, he might have completely lost consciousness.

It’s no wonder that the three wandering cultivators didn’t dare to go ashore to chase after him. A cultivator in the Qi training stage can also drown.

The power of this world and nature is far greater than that of the previous life. The power of river waves is enough to tear the human body into pieces. If you don't have extraordinary water skills, it is not impossible to be swept away by the river and drowned.

Fortunately, Jiang Li took a mouthful of fish gill grass, and the effect was really good.

The oxygen dissolved in the water was extracted, so he didn't have to worry about drowning underwater.

But, that’s all.

Bang! Another reef came into close contact with Jiang Li. A blood-red mass emerged in the river and was quickly washed away by the rapids.

The [Underwater Breathing] state does not help his swimming skills at all.

Jiang Li has also tried to resist the force of the water flow, or to follow the force of the water flow, in order to regain control of his body and reduce collisions with reefs.

But such advanced skills cannot be mastered in a short period of time.

You have to roll when you need to roll, and you have to hit the reef when you need to hit the reef.

However, during these ruthless collisions, Jiang Li realized that his "Mountain Crashing Sutra" was making rapid progress, and the effect on his body training was far better than the effect of crashing into the mountain wall.

It seems that this "Mountain Crashing Sutra" is really a self-abuse technique. The harder you are on yourself, the better the effect of your practice will be.

"No, if this continues I'm going to be killed!"

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After being impacted underwater for more than an hour, Jiang Li looked at his health bar on the panel and found that it had dropped by a quarter.

These life, physical strength and values ​​certainly cannot fully reflect Jiang Li’s physical condition, but they also have considerable reference value.

"No, I have to go up and breathe some blood first."

Wood Armor Technique! The wood attribute spiritual energy was mobilized, and the spell was successfully launched.

In the light filled with the breath of life, a layer of wooden armor grew rapidly and soon completely covered Jiang Li's entire body.

The wooden armor covering the entire body provides sufficient buoyancy.

Jiang Li's body, which had almost sunk to the bottom, was lifted up by the wooden armor and continuously floated toward the surface.

From time to time, a few undercurrents formed whirlpools that pulled him back into the deep water, but these whirlpools could never last long and would soon dissipate.

However, the buoyancy brought by the wooden armor would never disappear. After going up and down, Jiang Li finally floated to the surface.

Jiang Li was speechless. He didn't expect that the first time he used this wooden armor technique, it was actually used as a life jacket.

It's too dangerous under water. Cultivators with water-attributed spiritual roots might be better off, but how different is someone like me from a landlubber?

Jiang Li lay on his back on the water, floating up and down with the waves, thinking about what to do next.

The target is too obvious when floating on the water surface, and the speed is several times slower than underwater. It is obviously not advisable. If it goes on for a while, the black zombie will probably be washed away and cannot be found anymore.

But if I go into the water, my small body won’t be able to withstand the impact.

Wait... Black zombie? Jiang Li quickly communicated with the black zombie through the seed. Although the zombie was strong, it didn't know how to defend itself. It was probably not as resistant as himself. It would be torn to pieces by now.

After feeling the state of the black zombie, Jiang Li's expression became strange.

It’s not that the black zombie had no injuries, but the injuries were much lighter than Jiang Li’s own.

It just stayed still, drifting downstream like a motionless corpse, but every time it was about to hit a reef, it would just avoid it as the current turned, and it actually didn't suffer much damage at all. . .

Could it be that... all the work I just did was not only in vain, but also counterproductive? 　Comrades, money, money!

(End of this chapter)